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Richard Bergh 1858?C1919,Painter, writer and museum director, son of Edvard Bergh. He studied in Stockholm, first at the art school of Edvard Pers?us (1841-90) and from 1878 to 1881 at the Konstakademi, where he met Nils Kreuger and Karl Nordstrem. His early work consists mainly of academically treated scenes from Swedish history and legend. In 1881 he left for France, studying in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens and at the Academie Colarossi (1881-4); he made his debut at the Salon of 1883. In 1885, with Ernst Josephson and other members of the Scandinavian artists' colonies in Paris and Grez-sur-Loing, he became one of the main promoters of the Opponenterna, a movement of protest against the conservative attitudes of the Konstakademi; the following year this group formed the Konstnersferbund (Artists' Union), of which Bergh was a leading member throughout his life.
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Painting ID:: 86983 Hjalmar Branting
Medium Oil
Dimensions 163.5 x 102.5 cm (64.4 x 40.4 in)
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Painting ID:: 88046 Nordic summer's evening
1899-1900
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 170 x 223.5 cm (66.9 x 88 in)
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Painting ID:: 88274 Portrait of professor Karl Warburg
1905(1905)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 139 x 112 cm (54.7 x 44.1 in)
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Painting ID:: 91858 Hjalmar Branting
oil
Dimensions 163.5 X 102.5 cm (64.4 X 40.4 in)
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Richard Bergh
1858?C1919,Painter, writer and museum director, son of Edvard Bergh. He studied in Stockholm, first at the art school of Edvard Pers?us (1841-90) and from 1878 to 1881 at the Konstakademi, where he met Nils Kreuger and Karl Nordstrem. His early work consists mainly of academically treated scenes from Swedish history and legend. In 1881 he left for France, studying in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens and at the Academie Colarossi (1881-4); he made his debut at the Salon of 1883. In 1885, with Ernst Josephson and other members of the Scandinavian artists' colonies in Paris and Grez-sur-Loing, he became one of the main promoters of the Opponenterna, a movement of protest against the conservative attitudes of the Konstakademi; the following year this group formed the Konstnersferbund (Artists' Union), of which Bergh was a leading member throughout his life.
. Related Artists to Richard Bergh: | Robert Talbot Kelly | John Singleton Copley | Jacopo Di Cione | Franck Dillon | Elise Bruyere |
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